“ I have this feeling that immigrants unwittingly help to keep peace between nations by being scapegoats for national ills that would otherwise be blamed on neighbours. Agona Apell
“ The law is not an ass but a chameleon in ass skin: it turns deathly black when around blacks and pristine white when around whites Agona Apell
“ The bold display of our unattractive parts is an effective substitute for beauty since it duplicates beauty's principal effects, namely the excitation of admiration, charm, and envy in the beholder, w… Agona Apell
“ A rain forest springs from the droppings of animals and grows greater than any cultivated garden; likewise, a great mass of literary skill springs from the droppings of writers that cross our minds th… Agona Apell
“ I rebuke societies that impart to their flowers their cold and rigid demeanour. Flowers should not stand with the stiffness of a soldier on parade but must carry themselves with the relaxedness of a d… Agona Apell
“ A struggle is fatally injured not so much by the stumbles of its leaders as by their mumbles Agona Apell
“ The eternal struggle between failure and fortune is a fight not between mortal enemies but sparring partners. So fortune is improved by failure, and the reverse is also true. Agona Apell
“ The poet drafts his work as a writer but edits it as a sculptor, with his pen as a chisel and his mind a hammer. Agona Apell
“ The true worth of a man is not seen in the value his money gives him but in the value he gives his money by the uses he puts it to Agona Apell
“ To the aimless man all men are equal, but to him with purpose some men are seed and others weed Agona Apell
“ Faith is not mere belief but is that state you attain when you send your will, words, thoughts, beliefs, and actions into orbit around a chosen goal Agona Apell
“ Success dwells in a neighbourhood that can only be explored through failure, and it is through perfect knowledge of that neighbourhood that we gain perfect knowledge of her address Agona Apell
“ Today's troubled homes are made by parents who want to have children but don't want their children to have parents Agona Apell
